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Changing a progress bar's color, Can I?

Locke37	2 Jun, 2008 - 11:31 AM Post #1
Contributor of the Year Joined: 20 Mar, 2008 Posts: 1,274 Thanked: 57 times Dream Kudos: 325 My Contributions	I am making a game similar to Final Fantasy (anyone ever heard of it?), and I want there to be gauge like ATB (Active Time Battle), like there were in the later games. The ATB gauge is a gauge that controls when a character can act, whether it be attacking an enemy, or healing. The gauge is only used in battle. So can I change the color of a progress bar's...progress? The green part that's fill(ing)? Because the ForeColor property doesn't change that color.
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RodgerB	RE: Changing A Progress Bar's Color 2 Jun, 2008 - 10:47 PM Post #2
D.I.C Lover Joined: 21 Sep, 2007 Posts: 2,166 Thanked: 17 times Dream Kudos: 2200 Expert In: Dot Net Technologies My Contributions	AFAIK, you can't change the color of a ProgressBar. I have created a class to do this very thing in a Windows Forms application, you can view the snippet right here on </dream.in.code> (click). However, please note this snippet doesn't change color (i could have implemented it, but I was more or less demonstrating the concept of health bar creation. If you'd like to change it's color, I recommend modifying the constructor of the class's signature to allow for types of Brushes, creating a global variable in the class, and then modifying line 60 to point to the global variable you have set from the constructor. Hope that made sense, and best of luck!
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Locke37	RE: Changing A Progress Bar's Color 3 Jun, 2008 - 08:42 AM Post #3
Contributor of the Year Joined: 20 Mar, 2008 Posts: 1,274 Thanked: 57 times Dream Kudos: 325 My Contributions	Heh, makes sense to make a class for it, but uh...What are the rectangle for creating the object and the graphics I am supposed to use for the DrawBar() function? This post has been edited by Locke37: 3 Jun, 2008 - 08:45 AM
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Jayman	RE: Changing A Progress Bar's Color 3 Jun, 2008 - 10:03 AM Post #4
Student of Life Joined: 26 Dec, 2005 Posts: 7,319 Thanked: 66 times Dream Kudos: 500 Expert In: Everything My Contributions	Actually, you don't need to go through all that trouble. You are correct that you will use the ForeColor property to change the color. However, you must first disable "XP Visual Styles". XP Visual Styles will override a lot of controls to provide a consistent XP experience. You can find this in your Project Menu -> <Your Project Name> Properties and then deselect the checkbox labeled "Enable XP Visual Styles". Keep in mind that all the styles will now default to windows 2000 styles, but you can now control the ProgressBar color. Attached thumbnail(s)
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Locke37	RE: Changing A Progress Bar's Color 3 Jun, 2008 - 02:04 PM Post #5
Contributor of the Year Joined: 20 Mar, 2008 Posts: 1,274 Thanked: 57 times Dream Kudos: 325 My Contributions	Hm, it worked, and yeah there's the look and feel of Windows 2000. Is there a way to keep it Vista/XP look and feel and having the same effect, or am I just wishing?
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RodgerB	RE: Changing A Progress Bar's Color 3 Jun, 2008 - 02:04 PM Post #6
D.I.C Lover Joined: 21 Sep, 2007 Posts: 2,166 Thanked: 17 times Dream Kudos: 2200 Expert In: Dot Net Technologies My Contributions	QUOTE(Locke37 @ 4 Jun, 2008 - 02:42 AM) Heh, makes sense to make a class for it, but uh...What are the rectangle for creating the object and the graphics I am supposed to use for the DrawBar() function? The Rectangle is used to tell the object where it is supposed to be drawn, and how long the health bar's length and width will be. The GraphicsToUse option is the Graphics it will be drawing on. For example, if you used Me.CreateCraphics in the constructor, it should (hypothetically, not tested) draw the health bar on the form. I've got school now.. damn. Also jayman, that was a pretty neat way of doing it.
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